Sunday, January 5, 2014

Lecturer in English: Syllabus

Steps of Exam: Written Exam - 200 Marks
                                        Interview - 50 Marks

Level: - Degree

No. of Questions: - 100

Medium: English     

No. of Marks: - 200

Nature of Paper - Objective Type  

Duration: - 1 hour

SYLLABUS:
I)  Common Vocabulary

1 Synonymous
2 Antonyms
3  One word for a phrase
4  A Phrase for one word
5  One word having different meaning ( Polysemy )
6 Word Formation
7 Words which are pronounced alike but have different meanings (Homonyms )
8 Words which are written alike but pronounced differently(Homographs)
9 Use of common (active) vocabulary in sentences
10 Words commonly mis-spelt Syllabus for the post of Lecturer in English

II)  Sentence structure
1  Types of sentences
2  Types of clauses
3  Transformation of sentences
4  A clause to be replaced by a phrase; and a phrase to be replaced by a clause
5 Comparisons
6 Conditional sentences
7  Direct / Indirect speech
8  The uses of cohesive devices / sentence connectors.
9  Types of question
10  Ordering/Meaningful sequencing of words in sentences

III)  Grammar
1  A detailed study of parts of speech
2  The use of modal auxiliaries
3  The use of Tense forms
4 Mood
5  Agreement of subject, pronoun, verb
6  Sentence corrections / spotting ( detecting ) common grammatical errors.
7 Punctuation

IV)  Idioms and phrases
1  Meaning
2  Appropriate contextual use.

V)  Comprehension of passage

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